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Next plant we're going to introduce to you is called Lantana
very underused in the Okanagan and it shouldn't be
excellent for full sun, attracts butterflies
and comes in some
unique colors what's really unique about them actually is the way
flowers have
different colored
individual flowers in the whole head. So here you got
yellow, orange and pink making up one cluster
and it kind of, sort of blends into each other
making a unique look.
That there is called Lucky Rose Sunrise
and this one here is Lucky Lemon Glow
a nice lemon variety
this next large plant here is called Bougainvillea
if you've ever been to California, you'd see them in large hedges or vining, trailing 0:01:20.970,0:01:23.150 plants clinging onto walls
and here we found a variety that finely
performs very well in our limited season here
in the Okanagan compared to
down south in California that is
this here is called Elizabeth
Angus
and we will be selling a little bit
more of this finally. It's taken us a couple years to figure it out
but we'll
have smaller
four-inch type
pots and hanging baskets as well
allowing people to buy them more as a "bedding plant"
making up their own baskets
or mixed planters
the flower is actually made up of
three leaves that have simply
turned color
so there's a very papery type form to it that lasts
forever and ever
that makes them so popular.
Great in the full sun.
These next three baskets in front of me
right here, these are types of
Trailing Begonias
fairly new on the market.
What's unique about them is that
they could take a lot of direct sun.
We've had them facing
northwest to west and
even started experiment a little bit on
self-facing areas and they do extremely well.
This one here is called Million Kisses Devotion
and they have long, narrow leaves. These are propagated Begonias
so they have not come from seeds. Cuttings have been taken to grow these
and you can see the size here are so beautiful. The shape
growth habit to it. Lots of color
so "Million Kisses Devotion"
this is Bon Bon
Sherbet
and Cherry mixed together. So we
plant the two different varieties together. So its something that's a little more compact for people
with a smaller location, these would
work well. The Bon Bon series
a nice smaller basket and down on the ground there,
that there is called Encanto. So there's a little more of an
orange color to it
in relation to the devotion.
You Begonia lovers that have an area with
a little bit more sun
these will do excellent there.
The next two types of plants that we're going to talk about are both again sun-lovers
now these two here, these are types of Coreopsis. Annual Coreopsis
Typically people know that Coreopsis are perrenial and these are the types that we sell in a basket
so for the zone,
six to seven roughly
so we just treat them as an annual.
This variety up here
and this will be here is called Pumpkin Pie and this one right here is called Fruit Punch
and talk about a plant that blooms from
start to finish, unbelievable
we haven't done any dead-heading or anything so we could
tidy up a bit throughout the season.
We haven't done anything to
any of these star pots by the way
they've just been let go the whole season, simply just trialled them visually
we don't do any cleaning up on
so they're just unbelievable for bloom power
and
very good mildew resistance as well typically Coreopsis are known to
get powdery mildew sometimes
and right in front of me here; these are called Bracteantha
which is just a fancy name for
straw flower
these are
more of a mounting or semi trailing type of straw flower typically straw flower, the old
traditional varieties done from seed
are upright, dwarf
and tall varieties and just
podge garden type of plants
these can be used in your mixed planter menu boxes etc. because they have that
nice mounting or trailing habit and
is a great plant from
start to finish with bloom habit
some of these flowers have been open all summer. You can see now that they're just
starting to go to seed a little bit
so you could obviously do some dead-heading and make it look a little bit tidier
but
the name straw flower has come
beacuse you can hear that crunchiness
the flower is like
straw. It's very dry and that's why they do last for such a long, long time
and this is Mohave Dark Red and "Mohave White"
just a couple selections we wanted to show you.
Okay, next here we have two types of Diascia and in the center
we have a type of Sanvitalia
this here is called the Sunvy
Super Gold
a little more compact variety, beautiful bright,
full-yellow daisies and great for full sun.
Diascia
can be put in
half-day sun, half-day shade
that's the location we
had it basically up front in the parking lot
a couple of varieties we selected. They do come in many different types of coral shades
even in white and one that's sort of a blue-y color as well
but these lighter pink and
apple blossom ones
look the best at this time.
So this is a Genta Giant Pink and
Darla
Apple Blossom, these beautiful
snapdragon-like little flowers.
Next group of plants here
these are
Trailing Verbena. Unbelievable!
look at the color on these in the middle of September. This is phenomenal.
We usually hover around forty different varieties of trailing verbena so
if you haven't tried them yet, give them a go. They're just unbelievable.
Full sun again
some varieties are more vigorous than others
there's a couple we've chosen that we use in our mixed sun-baskets that are very, very vigorous
there are other that are a little bit more compact
but they all love the full sun
they all have that sort of naturally branching, trailing habit.
We haven't done anything to these. No dead-heading or anything like that
and look, just unbelievable. Very nice.
And this one here is called Fuego Red and White
this is Vivid Rose
over here we've got Empress Burgundy Charm
and over there Lanai Purple
Stars. So these are just four selections that we've chosen that looked
really nice. A little bit of the contrast between them
and like I said, there are others that look just as nice as these.
And
typically
verbena can get powdery mildew
but again that's another reason we do these trials. Not just for flower-power but for
disease resistance,
specially for powdery mildew that is an issue here 0:07:22.300,0:07:23.560 in the Okanagan
and really
matches the really good varieties
The next couple of plants we want to talk to you about here, the one of my left, this is called Scaevola. The variety is called Blue Wind
The variety is called Blue Wind
solid blue
fan-like flowers the whole season
full sun
excellent for the Okanagan. Can't go wrong with that.
And here to my right, these are
miniature Martha Washingtons or
Miniature Pelargoniums
this is the angel series
this here is called Angel-Eyed Burgundy
there are other colors in this series
but again look at the amount of color
in these little Geranium-like flowers.
Just excellent
Again this has been in the full sun for the whole summer.
This next cool plant we want to talk about
is Celosia
Intenz. This is brand new this season there are going to be a couple more
colors coming out of this series hopefully
next season
this is again a
full sun
type of plant
it's a type of celosia done from
propagation, from cuttings
so very
rigid form to it
very unique flower habit lots of little
bottle-brush type
stains that come up, very
long-lasting. These have been out the whole season
just a very cool
new plant that's come out
and
one more unique little thing that we found, we're bringing this out,
is
this little guy here
which is a type of
praying mantis.
Not everyone realizes we do have praying mantis in the Okanagan.
They are beneficial
insects so you do want them around
in the garden. They do take care of
some of the
pests that we don't want
this guy's just hangin' out here...